The latest in Harry's series on First World War memorials in Britain, this article describes a structure near the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, on the south coast of England. It was designed by John William Simpson and unveiled in October 1922. Wartime recruitment had been strong in Brighton and many of the town's public buildings, including the pavilion, were converted into hospitals. Although the first casualties to arrive were from the local Royal Sussex Regiment, Brighton was associated with Indian soldiers; about 12,000 were treated in the town's makeshift hospitals and 74 died.
This article covers the second Jewish revolt against the Roman Empire that occurred in 115–117 CE, during the reign of Trajan. It is therefore, appropriately enough, also known as known as the Second Jewish–Roman War. But in contrast to the first and third revolts, which took place in Judaea, this conflict was mainly executed by Jewish diaspora communities in Egypt, Cyprus and Libya. The prime motivations are not entirely clear, but likely included the Roman destruction of the Second Temple during the First Jewish Revolt in 70 CE, tensions between Jews and Greeks, messianic expectations, and hopes for a return to the Jewish homeland in Judaea.
This article continues Dumelow's series on officers of the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. Glyn also saw service in the Crimean War, the Indian Mutiny and the 9th Cape Frontier War. As a colonel in 1879 he had nominal command of the principal force during the first British invasion of Zululand but in practice was superseded in this role by Lieutenant-General Frederic Thesiger, 2nd Baron Chelmsford. Much of Glyn's regiment was wiped out in the Battle of Isandlwana (from which he was absent) and he afterwards suffered from mental illness. He commanded a brigade in the second British invasion that won the war but saw no further active duty before retiring as a general.
The 1931 Salvadoran coup d'état occurred on 2 December when the Armed Forces of El Salvador overthrew President Arturo Araujo. The Civic Directory (a military junta) ruled El Salvador for two days until it relinquished power to Brigadier General Maximiliano Hernández Martínez, Araujo's Vice President and Minister of War, the Navy, and Aviation. This forms part of a series on Salvadoran coups PizzaKing13 has been working on.
USS Anzio, known as USS Coral Sea until September 1944, was the third of fifty Casablanca-class escort carriers built for the United States Navy during World War II. She was launched in May 1943 and commissioned that August. The carrier participated in many campaigns in the Pacific between 1943 and 1945. She usually served in the anti-submarine role, and her aircraft destroyed five Japanese submarines. Anzio repatriated American personnel after the war and was decommissioned in August 1946.
USCGC Dione was a Thetis-class patrol boat operated by the United States Coast Guard from 1934 to 1963. The ship was ordered to enforce prohibition but was used for search and rescue purposes as this measure had been repealed by the time it entered service. From 1942 Dione escorted convoys along the US East Coast. Following the war she returned to search and rescue duties until being retired in 1963. The ship was sold the next year and operated in various merchant roles until at least 1992.
This article covers a class of armored cruisers built by the German Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy) between 1904 and 1908. After serving briefly in home waters, Scharnhorst and Gneisenau were assigned to the East Asia Squadron in 1909 and 1910, respectively. After the outbreak of World War I, they departed East Asia and crossed the Pacific with the rest of the East Asia Squadron in an attempt to return home. The ships destroyed a British force at the Battle of Coronel on 1 November 1914. This defeat spurred the British to send superior forces to destroy the squadron. This was achieved during the Battle of the Falkland Islands on 8 December, with both Scharnhorst-class ships being sunk.
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USAF astronaut Michael J. Adams with a North American X-15 in 1967
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